[MPlayer-users] playing DVD images

[The Wanderer]

Net Llama! wrote:

> On 02/01/04 12:06, The Wanderer wrote:
> 
>> Net Llama! wrote:

>>> I do not have a DVD burner, so I'd like to be able to play this
>>> DVD from the filesystem, rather than from a DVD. Is this
>>> possible? If so, how?
>>
>> This is in the manual.
>>
>> mplayer -dvd-device /path/to/VOBs/ dvd://1
>> should IIRC do what you want.
> 
> THanks, that worked for the most part.  I just assumed that I had to
> use a real block device in the command.  Is there any way to get the
> menu from the DVD, or is specifying the chapter the only way?

MPlayer does not support DVD-style menus. This may eventually change in
G2 (now in CVS!), but don't expect anything for the reasonably near-term
future.

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       The Wanderer

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